PalmWeb vs Hacker Read
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PalmWeb
This app provides real-time website metrics and SEO analysis for webmasters. It helps optimize site performance with tools like TDK analysis, link checks, and lookup utilities. More features are under development.
- Real-time website metrics
- SEO analysis (TDK, links, OpenGraph)
- Whois lookup
- IP lookup
- DNS lookup
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A newly designed webmaster tool application, also an SEO tool, that allows you to have real-time access to various metrics of your website. It effectively enhances your awareness of the site, enabling you to optimize it more efficiently. Features: - SEO analysis (including TDK, internal and external links, OpenGraph, etc.) - Whois lookup - IP lookup - DNS lookup More features are currently under development. Your feedback is welcome!
Hacker Read
An alternative reader for Hackernews that leverages AI and LLMs for advanced search capabilities. Discover similar comments, stories, and users through text-based similarity searches with positive and negative queries. Sort comments by user karma for a refined reading experience.
- AI-powered similarity search
- Find similar comments
- Find similar stories
- Find similar users
- Sort comments by karma
- Positive and negative query search
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Alternate reader for Hackernews with some AI features using LLM's such as similarity search. Other features: find similar comments, similar stories, and similar users. Find users and comments using similarity search on input text using positive and negative queries. sort comments by user karma.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Hacker Read at Free against PalmWeb's $0.99. PalmWeb's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Hacker Read is free to download; PalmWeb costs $0.99 up front. Hacker Read sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. PalmWeb asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | PalmWeb | Hacker Read |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 田 陈 | Garglet LLC |
Customer experience
PalmWeb
Hacker Read
In-app purchases
PalmWeb
No in-app purchases
Hacker Read
- Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Yearly14 Days trial$49.991 Year
